Nuggets 97, Spurs 91 – Final

Tim Duncan looked in regular-season form with 21 points and 8 assists in less than three quarters in the Spurs’ 97-91 preseason loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday night at the AT&T Center.

Gary Neal had 19 points off the bench for the Spurs and Stephen Jackson had 13.

Nuggets 93, Spurs 84 – 2:17 left in the game

Eddy Curry with an energetic dunk. He has 3 points and 3 rebounds. At least he looks like a center.

Cory Joseph, who didn’t play in the first half, is the Spurs’ point guard right now. For what it’s worth, I’m guessing he lands back in Austin this season. Cory and Nando De Colo are in there together.

Nuggets 69, Spurs 66 – third quarter: Stephen Jackson is hitting 3-pointers. He has 11 points. The Spurs’ starters are likely done for the night.

Give a little credit to the fans at the arena — they’re chanting DE-FENSE — at a preseason game with no starters on the floor.

Nando De Colo, Gary Neal, Stephen Jackson, Derrick Brown and Eddy Curry are in the game late in the third quarter. The Nuggets lead 65-59.

Tim Duncan completes the three-point play. He has 21 points and 8 rebounds.

The Nuggets look like they have a lot more energy than the Spurs in the second half. The Nuggets lead 63-50 with 5:46 left in the third quarter.

Gary Neal gets a technical – that’s two techs on the Spurs in a preseason.

Tim Duncan dunks to finish a break off a pass from Tony Parker. The crowd liked that.

Gregg Popovich, George Karl and one of the refs yucking it up during the end of that timeout. Pop and Karl go back a long ways.

Tony Parker has two points in four assists. He reacted like he got smacked in the face on that last drive.

It’s tied 28-28 with 8:57 left in the first half.

DeJuan Blair just hit a jumper from about 15 feet out. He’s done that a couple of times this preseason.

Stephen Jackson just got a foul – then a technical.

Spurs 22, Nuggets 19 – The Spurs use the preseason rotation of using subs early and often. Gary Neal, Nando De Colo, Stephen Jackson, Josh Powell and DeJuan Blair all see action off the bench in the first quarter.

Tim Duncan has 11 points and 2 rebounds. The Spurs lead the Nuggets 17-10 with 2:59 left in the first quarter.

The Spurs lead 11-0 early. I guess that qualifies as good defense. Tim Duncan has 7 points.